Lieutenant

A Rumor of War by Philip Caputo retells a piece of American history from the point of view of a marine. In Vietnam, Lieutenant Philip J. Caputo aged decades in a matter of years. He witnesses many deaths. Some were caused by the Viet Cong, but others by marines. This book “does not pretend to be history” (xiii) because it does not have to. It is not an adventure book written so the good guy always wins. History is told by the people who were involved in the event and Philip Caputo was a marine…

O’Brien seems very passive about death, but one of his characters, Lieutenant Jimmy Cross, is someone who is affected by the death of one of his men, Ted Lavender. Through the beginning of the story, Cross was struck by his love for a girl back home, Martha (2). Martha was a person that distracted him from everything, even a loud and crazy war. When he and his troop discovered Lavenders body on the ground after he had been shot, Lieutenant Cross was a completely changed man. The death of one of…

Last week the National Academy had the opportunity to visit the Marine Corps Museum and hear a leadership speech from Lieutenant General George Flynn. The visit to the museum was an enlightening experience into the history of the Marine Corps and a tribute to the brave men and women who fought and even paid the ultimate sacrifice for the freedoms that we get to enjoy. Lieutenant General Flynn’s speech on leadership provided me with some insight into enhancing partnerships within my organization…

I am Othello’s Lieutenant Michael Cassio, I am a young and inexperienced soldier, whose position is much resented by Iago. Truly devoted to Othello, I as Cassio is extremely ashamed because i got into a drunken brawl and i’ve lost my place as lieutenant and the lost of my reputation which is connected to my military service and my public behavior. I feel without my reputation as an upstanding solder i’m nothing more than a “beast.” Emilia is The wife of Iago and attendant to Othello’s…

She shook her head. Her ribs were beginning to hurt again, but she didn’t want Needles touching her. Lieutenant Jorgan glanced over his shoulder at the medic, who had busied himself at another terminal, then inclined his head slightly for her to follow. He led her through a doorway into another corridor, then turned into a brightly lit room filled with medical supplies and an old medical droid. “I know you were injured.” He nodded towards the droid who had activated at the entry. It walked…

Within the copious weight of stories involving World War Two, the story of Lieutenant-Colonel John Churchill was whelved underneath and forgotten by most despite the acts of heroism and demagogic actions he committed. In the same year Mount Vesuvius erupts and devastates Naples, Jack Churchill was born in 1906, in far off part of England. There, he discovered he was an excellent archer at a young age. Even going as far as participating in the world championships in Norway, leading him to…

In the book titled Lieutenant Nun by Catalina de Erauso, foreword by Marjorie Garber, she has compiled her memoir of her life after she ran away, dressed as a man, and bounded around from job to job, town to town, as she saw fit for the next twenty-six years. Her adventures across Spain and to the new world filled her life with many experiences. From working for her uncle, to becoming a keeper of records and sales, working with and even killing her own brother, as well as multiple arrests,…

On Roman Military Matters was written, according to Lieutenant John Clarke’s translation, in the fifth century by Flavius Vegetius Renatus, better known only as Vegetius. Vegetius wrote to abridge earlier military treatises on the training, organization, and use of the Roman Legions for Emperor Valentinian III and appears to hope that his writings would help to enact changes in the legions that would ultimately lead them to success against the invading Germanic tribes. The abridgments were…

Calvin Coolidge’s values were timeless, and beneficial to all people. He understood the importance of doing everything to the best of his abilities, he supported the voting equality of women, he enjoyed learning simply for learning’s sake, and he never believed that he was any worthier than the rest of America. These values would serve many modern politicians well, and are also constantly applicable in the regular life of myself and countless others. Calvin Coolidge went to school in order to…

Politicians have it rough. From making decisions to better their citizens, to creating campaigns to stay in office, politicians spend each day to better the lives of everyone as well as maintaining reputable social statuses. After all, the relationship between the people and the office holder determines whether he is worthy to hold this job. However, what happens if a certain action, event, or scandal jeopardizes their position? The answer is straightforward: an effective public political…